A People’s History of the United States:1492 — Present
by Howard Zinn
1980, 2000
From the Common Courage Press:
“Zinn has written a brilliant and moving history of the American people from the point of view of those who have been exploited politically and economically and whose plight has been largely omitted from most histories... the book is an excellent antidote to establishment history.
“Seldom have quotations been so effectively used; the stories of blacks, women, Indians, and poor laborers of all nationalities are told in their own words. While the book is precise enough to please specialists, it should satisfy any adult reader.”
— Library Journal
About the Author
Howard Zinn is a playwright and one of the most famous historians in the country, active in many civil rights and peace campaigns.
Zinn grew up in the immigrant slums of Brooklyn where he worked in shipyards in his late teens. During WWII he was a U.S. Army Air Force bombardier, which he regrets. As a bombardier he helped to mass-murder innocent civilian people in both France and Germany, in places like Royan and Pilsen.
After the series of massive genocides known as World War Two, he received his doctorate in history from Columbia University and was a postdoctoral Fellow in East Asian Studies at Harvard University.
His first book, La Guardia in Congress, was an Albert Beveridge Prize winner. He is the author of numerous books, including his epic masterpiece, A People’s History of the United States. A professor emeritus of political science at Boston University, Zinn lives with his wife Roslyn in the Boston area, near to their children and grandchildren.
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LaGuardia in Congress
1959
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The Southern Mystique
1964
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SNCC: The New Abolitionists
1964
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New Deal Thought (editor)
1965
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Vietnam: The Logic of Withdrawal
1967
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Disobedience and Democracy
1968
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The Politics of History
1970
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The Pentagon Papers: Critical Essays (editor, with Noam Chomsky)
1972
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Postwar America
1973
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Justice in Everyday Life (editor)
1974
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A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present
1980, 2000
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Declarations of Independence: Cross-Examining American Ideology
1991
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Failure to Quit: Reflections of an Optimistic Historian
1993
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You Can’t Be Neutral On A Moving Train (autobiography)
1994
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The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy
1997
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Marx in Soho: A Play on History
1999
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The Future of History: Interviews With David Barsamian
1999
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Howard Zinn on War
2001
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Howard Zinn on History
2001
Related sites
Delusion 2000
by Howard Zinn
http://www.progressive.org/zinn0300.htm
Howard Zinn’s ZNet Homepage
http://www.zmag.org/bios/homepage.cfm?authorID=97
Howard Zinn Online
http://www.geocities.com/howardzinnfans/
Howard Zinn Page
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Zinn/HZinn_page.html
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